STORY: Israeli branch of Chinese university fosters closer cultural, educational ties
DATELINE: Sept. 12, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:03
LOCATION: JERUSALEM/BEIJING
CATEGORY: EDUCATION

SHOTLIST:
1. STANDUP (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MATAN VILNAI, President of UIBE-Israel, former Israeli Ambassador to China
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GADI RAVID, Vice President for Academic Affairs of UIBE-Israel
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): Netanel Vaknin, Vice President for Operations & Finance and CEO of UIBE-Israel
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): AMIT PORTMAN, Student of UIBE-Israel

STORYLINE:

STANDUP (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent
"Here I'm in the central Israeli city of Petah Tiqwa where the Israeli campus of China's University of International Business and Economics is located. As the first campus opened by a Chinese university in the Middle East, it provides high-quality opportunities for the young Israelis who are seeking to do business with China in the future."

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MATAN VILNAI, President of UIBE-Israel, former Israeli Ambassador to China
"We have to build a bridge between the huge area of China and the small state of Israel. In order to build this bridge, you have to strengthen the understanding between Chinese and Israeli to understand each other. And the mission, the vision of this university, is to enhance the understanding between Chinese and Israelis, when they are sitting together in the same classroom, listening together to lecture, getting the tests together, and all this, they understand each other."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GADI RAVID, Vice President for Academic Affairs of UIBE-Israel
"We're doing it because we have a motivation, a very high motivation to fulfill the mission of the university, to combine the East and West and to make people in the world, understand each other. And at the end of the day, if we talking about the world, we want the whole world to be friends. So I know it's not gonna happen very soon, but we are one of the bricks in order to make it happen."

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): Netanel Vaknin, Vice President for Operations & Finance and CEO of UIBE-Israel
"We just complement to each other because China has many advantages that we do not have. And Israel has a lot of the advantages that Chinese doesn't have. And together, it's a great synergy that can bring us into something much better."

SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): AMIT PORTMAN, Student of UIBE-Israel
"I think the university can offer me many opportunities because it cooperates with many Chinese companies. So, for those who want to work in China, it can provide a lot of opportunities to them."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jerusalem/Beijing.
(XHTV)